Content to be Covered
Blogs and blogging
RSS

Due: Make sure you can pull your blog and bloglines account up. Make sure you have at least 2 required posts in your blog.

Blogs

• Blogging Workshop virtual handout
• Second Nature - Extending Dialogue in the Blogosphere presented Lani Ritter Hall
• Blog If You Love Learning by Mark Wagner

Article

• Blogging? It's Elementary, My Dear Watson! explains what a blog is, how teachers are using them in the classroom, what you need to begin, and discusses Internet safety.

Assessment

• Blogging Rubric

Blog Safety

• How Can Children Stay Safe Using Blogs?
• Safe Blogging Jeanne Simpson's class blogging policy
• Etiquette Mr. Malandrakis' class blogging policy
• Another Take on Blogging Rules Ben Wilkoff's blogging policies
• Tuesday Night Reflections Ryan Maksymchuk's reflective class blogging shoulds and should nots
• Blogging Parent Letters Bud Hunt wiki
• Internet Safety Resources from Eduwikipedia

RSS

• What is RSS and How do I Start Using It? presentation by Jeff Utecht
• RSS- A Four Part Series(Basic/Advanced) by James Gates and Kurt Paccio
• RSS for Educators (Advanced) by Quentin D’Souza

Would you rather read? Check out Will Richardson's RSS guide.